2006 2006 was a breakthrough year for Becker. In June of that year, he qualified for
Wimbledon and defeated
Juan Ignacio Chela, before losing in the second round to
Fernando Verdasco. At the
2006 US Open, he defeated
Filippo Volandri and No. 30 seed
Sébastien Grosjean to reach the third round, where he defeated former world No. 1
Andre Agassi in four sets. The match was especially noteworthy as it was Agassi's last on the
ATP circuit; he had announced that the 2006 U.S. Open would be his final tournament, and his defeat was followed by an 8-minute standing ovation from the
Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd. The day after Becker's win over Agassi, his own U.S. Open bid was ended by
Andy Roddick in the fourth round. Becker has the distinction of having played the match that finished second latest in ATP history, defeating
Jiří Novák in
Tokyo in 2006 at 3.24 a.m. Following the 2006 U.S. Open, Becker confirmed his status as a promising newcomer on the ATP Tour, improving his ranking from No. 421 at the beginning of the year to No. 62 in November 2006. As a result, Becker received the Newcomer of the Year award during the 2006 ATP Awards and won the Sportsman of the Year award in his part of Germany. After completing his first season on the ATP Tour, Becker made the fastest rise of any player into the top 50.
2007 2007 saw Becker improving his ranking further in the early season, including through his semi-final appearances at the
Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, where he lost to world No. 8
James Blake; and in
San Jose at the
SAP Open where he lost to
Ivo Karlović, the tallest player on the ATP Tour (6' 10"). As a result, Becker's ATP ranking peaked at No. 38 in March 2007. However, in 2007 Becker was unable to progress beyond the first round in any of the
Grand Slams or
ATP Masters Series events, with the exception of the
Monte Carlo Masters, where he lost in the second round to
Thomas Johansson. Given his strong performance at the U.S. Open in the preceding year, Becker's first round loss in the 2007 edition caused his ranking to drop to 79. Despite good form in
Bangkok, where he lost in the finals to
Dmitry Tursunov, Becker finished the year ranked 84th.
2009 In 2009, Becker won his first ATP World Tour title, the
Ordina Open in the Netherlands, defeating local hope
Raemon Sluiter.
2010 . Becker reached the semifinal of the
Gerry Weber Open in
Halle, the
Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch and the
Thailand Open in
Bangkok. At the Grand Slam tournaments, Becker reached the second round of the
2010 Australian Open as well as in
Wimbledon and at the
2010 US Open. He was knocked out in the first round at the
2010 French Open. He qualified for the
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai, but lost to
Gaël Monfils in the first round. He advanced to the second round of the
If Stockholm Open, where he lost to second seed
Robin Söderling. He reached the quarterfinals at St.Petersburg, where he lost to
Illya Marchenko. He qualified for the
BNP Paribas Open in
Paris-Bercy, where he lost to
Gaël Monfils in the second round after a first-round win over
Denis Istomin. He went 29–31 on the season and earned a career-high $543,431.
2011 Becker reached the second round in
Brisbane and at the
Australian Open, losing to
Santiago Giraldo and
Alexandr Dolgopolov. He also reached the second round at
Indian Wells. The rest of the year, he played mostly
Challenger tournaments.
2012 In 2012, Becker reached the second round in Doha, losing to
Gaël Monfils, but he was eliminated in the first round of the
Australian Open by
Marcos Baghdatis. His best run of the year was in
Memphis, where he reached the semifinals, defeating
Dudi Sela,
Xavier Malisse, and
Łukasz Kubot, before succumbing to
Milos Raonic. He defeated
Olivier Rochus in the first round in
Miami, but then lost to
Julien Benneteau. He won a Challenger title in Nottingham, before reaching the second round at
Wimbledon with a win over
James Blake. He was eliminated by
Radek Štěpánek. Becker made the quarterfinals in
Newport, Rhode Island, avenging his loss to Raonic in the second round, but losing to
Ryan Harrison. In
Washington, D.C., he defeated one American,
Steve Johnson, in the first round, but fell to another,
Sam Querrey, in the second. He also made the second round in
Winston-Salem, defeating
Tatsuma Ito, but losing to
Jarkko Nieminen.
2013 Becker reached the second round of the
Australian Open, losing to
Juan Martín del Potro. He then suffered a succession of first-round exits before again reaching the final in
Nottingham, where he lost to
Matthew Ebden. At the
Aegon Championships, he reached the quarterfinals, defeating
Bernard Tomic,
Lukáš Rosol, and
Alexandr Dolgopolov, before losing to eventual champion
Andy Murray. At
Wimbledon, he went down to Murray again in the first round. Becker won a Challenger event in
Istanbul in July. At Cincinnati, he qualified and reached the second round, only to lose to
Rafael Nadal. At the
US Open, he defeated
Lukáš Rosol in the first round, but lost to
Novak Djokovic in the second. He reached the quarterfinals in
Metz with wins over two Frenchmen,
Benoît Paire and
Albano Olivetti, but lost to another,
Nicolas Mahut. Becker won another Challenger tournament in
Eckental, Germany, in October.
2014: Career high ranking In 2014, Becker reached the second round at
Chennai, losing to eventual champion
Stanislas Wawrinka. He also reached the second round in
Memphis, defeating
Lukáš Lacko, but succumbing to eventual champion
Kei Nishikori. In
Miami, he qualified and made the fourth round of the main draw, where he lost to
Milos Raonic. In
Houston, he made the second round, where he was eliminated by
Jack Sock. He made the final of the
2014 Topshelf Open grass tournament that he had won in 2009, but he lost in the final to
Roberto Bautista Agut. ==ATP career finals==